For quite some time prior to 1907, the Blantyre population had heard of a rumour that a new police station was to be built. Finally in October 1907, the news appeared in papers confirming that the rumour was true and that week officials had gone to Blantyre to discuss finding a site. A meeting took […]
Blantyre Parish Council met on Thursday 8th April 1910 to discuss the condition of Victoria Street. An improvement plan for the road surface was discussed. Now first, we need to put this date and location into context. At that time, Victoria Street had only been named in the previous decade, existing prior to that as […]
Let’s go the 1930’s next…a photo showing Victoria Street in Blantyre. Looking South, the photo is taken from outside the former Health Institute. The homes in the Crescents were fairly new, no more than a decade old and the county council established a popular playpark pictured here on the left. Children and prams play on […]
Thanks to Elizabeth Weaver who sent in this great photo of Victoria Street , taken in 1957. I’ve arranged for colour to be added and sharpened. Back in 20214, Elizabeth told me, “It’s funny to see how empty the street is – and to see the old gas lamp. I was only a child when I […]
How about this for a cracking photo! From the end of the 70s, tenements get pulled down on the north side of Glasgow Road, opposite where the school/employment exchange used to be. It’s hard to imagine this was just 40 years ago. Taken from corner of Victoria Street, you can see exactly what this meant […]
A brilliant set of pictures next, hopefully the first time you’ve seen these an evoking lots of memories of Blantyre Market. These are from 1979 and in particular this is a brief period where the markets had no license, and therefore were unauthorised! The Hastie’s Farm 1970’s market was run by an English based company […]
Another picture kindly shared by Elizabeth Weaver. This is 1958 and Elizabeth is around 10 years old standing at her gate at Victoria Street, not far from the former railway bridge. (just out the picture to the right) Elizabeth added, “That was a wool dress and it was yet another itchy garment. It also had […]